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1 win & 3 nominations. See more awards » Photos Add Image Add an image Do you have any images for this title? A C.I.A. agent is assigned to go to Beijing to look for a hidden "treasure," which turns out to be a woman who has supernatural powers, and is the National Treasure of China. Director: Jeffrey Lau Comedy series following the lives of sisters Tracey and Sharon who are left to fend for themselves after their husbands are arrested for armed robbery. Stars: Pauline Quirke, Linda Robson, Lesley Joseph Mr Gary Sparrow is an ordinary bloke with an extraordinary life. By day, a very bored and uninspired TV repairman but by night, an accidental time traveler. Stars: Nicholas Lyndhurst, Victor McGuire, Christopher Ettridge Edit Storyline Helicopter skyrunner Anneka Rice races against the clock to find directions to treasure at locations worked out by studio guests from cryptic clues. 28 December 1982 (UK) See more » Company Credits Did You Know? Trivia There was no visual link between the contestants in the studio and the Skyrunner - the only means of communication was via radio.

The contestants had no idea what the Skyrunner was seeing (or often doing), or where she was going until the programme was televised. However, even the audio link wasn't always foolproof, and often broke up at inopportune moments, which added an unintentional difficulty factor to proceedings. See more » Connections A good all round interesting show 7 October 2006 | by k-ward1 (UK) – See all my reviews Like all series, there were some better than others but overall, my wife and I both liked watching this show. It really did receive a lot of adverse publicity. It was as though the public were determined to get it off the air by any means possible but despite this Anneka Rice's personality was great and it lasted from 1983-1988 (with Anneka). They do say one man's meat is another man's poison and it certainly was true of Channel Four's Treasure Hunt.

My favourite has got to be the one about West Yorkshire since it started in my home town of Todmorden at Stoodley Pike (pronounced Studley), a well known landmark on the hillside that can be seen from most parts of the town, which is quite a feat since the town is surrounded by the millstone grit of the Pennines. Another one that stands out was the one in Israel which I still have on video. I do wish they would include this series on DVD with the rash of other programmes now coming out on DVD. 3 of 4 people found this review helpful. Was this review helpful to you?

Yes Treasure Hunt (2) - UKGameshows Treasure Hunt (2) Cameraman (on location): Graham Berry Video recordist (on location): Frank Meyburgh Broadcast Chatsworth Television for Channel 4, 28 December 1982 to 18 May 1989 (91 episodes in 7 series + 6 specials) Chatsworth Television for Thames (regional), 30 October 1985 (as part of Thames Telethon) Chatsworth Television for ITV, 29 to 30 May 1988 (as part of ITV Telethon) Chatsworth Television for BBC Two, 16 December 2002 to 2 August 2003 (15 episodes in 2 series) Synopsis If someone came up to you and said that Treasure Hunt was an hour of complete arse, not only do they have Tourette's Syndrome, but somewhat ironically they would be almost completely right. Golden girl Anneka Rice with her lightweight (for 1985) radio pack. That's because the show is infamous for Graham the Cameraman's need to film Anneka Rice 's bottom.

In jump-suit as well! However, it was a groundbreaking game too, and one of Channel 4's most popular shows of the era, regularly clawing in 7-8 million viewers. A lucky young thing gets to spend quality time with Anneka, thanks to Jim'll Fix It. The game, then. Former BBC newsreader Kenneth Kendall helps two ordinary rich people (the first two contestants were fish farmers from Cornwall) to solve five devious cryptic clues in order to guide "Skyrunner" Anneka, transported by helicopter, around the five places of interest, usually on a 20x20 km map, within 45 minutes. Come on Penny. Give me the clue. Part of the game was that although they could communicate with Anneka via a two-way radio link, they couldn't actually see her. An unintentional difficulty factor was that the radio communications would sometimes break up, completely by accident, at unfortunate times. In the studio, the players have access to lots of reference works and they'll need them because the clues are somewhat cryptic.

For example, one clue once was: "In a Seahawk, in a Seahawk, in a Seahawk." the contestants had to work out that an airbase in the area was known as the HMS Seahawk, and at that place was an actual Seahawk plane and inside that was a small model of a Seahawk plane, and the clue was in that. Often homonyms, anagrams, double meanings and other connotations needed to be solved, with a bit of quick research each time, to solve the clues. The plans before the show began. For most of the run of the series, back at the base was TV-AM weather girl and zoologist (a combination you tend to see everyday) Wincey Willis who gave absolutely no help whatsoever save for time checks, giving out the clues in the studio and giving the hint to the Treasure at the top of the show. Part of her job was to track what the helicopter was doing on her big board which seemed fairly pointless, truth be told. Anneka and her crew. What made the show entertaining were the things Anneka had to do to earn the clues and the treasure.

Most of the time they just had to go to a certain place, but sometimes the clue is on a character on stage at a packed performance, under the water, in the middle of an Army Assault Course obstacle - that kind of malarkey. We all deserve a well earned break now and then. Even when the contestants were stuck on clues, there was always plenty to look at. The view from the helicopter was interesting (Graham the cameraman always doing his "low shot" to perk up the proceedings), and Anneka tried her best to chip in with solving the clues wherever possible. Bless her. The main problem with the format was that if there was only 3 minutes on the clock, and that the next location was miles away, we just knew they weren't going to make it. This was a bug that was solved in the next similar show in the genre, Interceptor . That said, Treasure Hunt got seven series, Interceptor got one. There's no justice.

Skyrunner in the helicopter, Anneka Rice In the final series of the original run, Anneka Rice was replaced by tennis-player Annabel Croft , who went on to do the afore-mentioned Interceptor with the same production team/helicopter crew combo (Chatsworth Television and Castle Air). Annabel Croft, with no Interceptors in sight Bonus clues It seemed like a few days since Annabel Croft ended the last run of Treasure Hunt by picking a rubber duck out of a reservoir in Derbyshire. After almost fourteen years in abeyance, the format has been revived for the BBC. In a pilot week, the show based itself in a Kent manor house, with five different routes being plotted around that region. Suzi Perry was the new skyrunner. They can't see her in the studio, but they can hear her, and follow her progress via GPS. Perhaps the most visible change is that there are a lot more shots from the helicopter. Gun cameras to show Suzi and Keith, and new cameraman Guy and soundman Simon get more angles than Frank and Graham got in seven years on C4, though there's still the obligatory following-from-behind shot.

There's a funky split screen effect, showing what's happening in the studio, and what's happening in the chopper. Dermot Murnaghan is the host, furthering his claims to be taken as the new Kenneth Kendall . He's in a studio with lots of reference books and lots of good-looking but useless props but, in the one concession to new technology, there are CD-ROMs and a multimedia computer. As well as trying to help out the contestants, Dermot also confirms the location of the clue - a role Kenneth took in the initial C4 series, which acted without an on-screen adjudicator. And we're assured that, no, Dermot *hasn't* been given the answers beforehand. He does have an earpiece so that the producers can shout out if the contestants are (literally) miles off course, but that's all. Very usefully, bits of the clue disappear as they're solved, so to admire that handiwork, you've got to be watching carefully. The effect is similar to the way Pete McCarthy explained the clues on radio's X Marks the Spot .

And once Suzi has her hands on clues one and three, she gets to shout "Stop The Clock!" and use the break to reposition back at the helicopter. Clue one is worth £100, clue two another £200. £300 for the third, £400 for the fourth, and £1000 for the last clue. Hmm, that would be exactly double the prizes on the old C4 version. In many ways, this is perhaps a stronger show than C4's. We tend to forget the long transits and transfers between clues that Anneka suffered. The game is now five minutes shorter, which means five minutes less travelling time, which means less time filling in or looking out of the window, and no chopper work between clues four and five. The clues are also far less absurdly cryptic than on the C4 version. The good news is that the sound problems between the studios and the skyrunner have mostly been ironed out, though that might be because the studio is within striking distance of the course. The bad news is that Zack Lawrence's memorable "Peak Performance" has vanished down the back of the BBC sofa, to be replaced by something far less memorable.

Dermot is dressed in a black jumper, not quite the learned schoolmaster of Kenneth, but still smart. Suzi is loud and talks a bit too much, but is nowhere near as annoyingly squeaky as Annabel Croft, and we have to remember that it took Anneka two or three years to really get her teeth into the skyrunner role. There are some cute set-pieces - Dermot leaning out of the window to wave at the passing helicopter wouldn't have happened on C4. There's also indisputable evidence that Suzi does have a brain, and can solve these clues on her own bat. Quite where the obsession with pigs comes from remains to be seen - twice this week, Suzi went in search of some good porkers bearing canisters of fun. Another good feature is the occasional screen of information on the places they've been, though bbc.co.uk/treasurehunt redirects to Auntie's attempts to recover tapes she wiped in the 70s. Very poor is the signal to indicate time has expired - Dermot counting "three ... two ... one ... oh dear" doesn't have the crashing certainty of the trusty old gong. Oh, and the role of Wincey Willis?

It's been taken by technology in general, and a GPS link to the helicopter (G-ONTV) instead. While somewhat subdued, the show had a lot of promise, and surely a full series was in order... An Englishwoman Abroad And so there we were in the hot Summer of 2003 with some (extremely expensive) international specials hindered by the fact that it was an abnormally warm week for the time of year so nobody was in to watch it. Furthermore, it was Wimbledon and some Tim Henman matches went on so long that the show got jostled around the schedules. Treasure Hunt in Kent In one week viewers went to far flung places such as San Francisco on Monday, Mexico City on Tuesday, New Zealand on Wednesday, Alice Springs on Thursday and Melbourne on Friday. All very beautiful to look at and happily, the show's still as much fun as it always was; some felt as if there was too much flying and not enough terra ferma hi-jinks early in the week. Suzi Perry in the outback. The single biggest addition the new version of the show has bought along is that of having the treasure in the vicinity of the final clue.

One of the biggest problems with the original of course was that if they get the fifth clue with only a few minutes to go you knew there would be no chance of them winning because the helicopter wouldn't get there in time. Now there is always a chance. Suzi Perry in San Fransisco. However, whilst in the original pilot week many of these final clues required a short run but needing to know an exact thing in order to win, a few too many of the final clues this time round have revolved around "Is Suzi fit enough to run from point A to point B, up a hill in time?" (the best example of this being on Alcatraz on Monday where she had to run up a large hill but Guy and Simon the technical blokes got to ride in a truck. Suzi on tour There is also a rather pointless addition of sound stings for when they light up the map, when they start the clock, when they stop the clock and when time runs out. Fine normally, except they're barely audible (so they're seen as irritants) and generally a bit pathetic.

And there's no way the current time's up signal (a sort of wheeeeeeeee-[wind chimes]) conveys the same authority as the gong. Silly silly silly. Suzi on tour (Part 2) We like Treasure Hunt. But it never quite got there. And nobody saw it. Why the show never got a try out on Saturday early evening BBC 1 we don't know - it had enough production values for it. It was purely a question that BBC 2's loss of The Simpsons was the overriding factor to find something to plug the gap, and hang the cost. Suzi in Blue. In some ways the low-key nature of the failure may see it return again one day. We shall see. Key moments The spectacular seasonal specials, set in foreign countries. Ned Sherrin's 1985 end of series special in which he was the host and Kenneth and Anneka were the contestants. Three special celebrity "Skyrunners" took on Anneka's role in the helicopter. Gemma Craven started off at Chelsea, Wayne Sleep then took over. The final runner was Kenny Lynch and the final clue brought Kenny to the Limehouse Studios where Chatsworth made the show.

When Kenny made it to Kenneth and Anneka at the map table, the clock was stopped. Catchphrases Based on the French show La Chasse aux Trèsors. Theme music The famous theme tune was called Peak Performance, composed by Zack Lawrence. The original opening titles from all 7 series The 2002-3 edition was composed by Francis Haines (of Another 9 1/2 Weeks, no less). It was tweaked slightly between the pilot week and the full international series because Lawrence felt that they used a similar riff. Trivia The skyrunner's helicopter had the registration G-BHXU (pilot: Keith Thompson). The communications helicopter that flew alongside was G-SPEY (pilots: Geoff Newman and Michael Malric-Smith - see Interceptor ). The 1984 adjudicator, Annette Lynton, is married to Nick Mason from the group Pink Floyd. She still appears in various film and TV productions as an actress. A best-of programme in 1983 called Treasure Hunt: A Second Look featured Kenneth (in the chopper) and Anneka (in the studio) presenting highlights from the first series.

In 1986, a behind-the-scenes doc The Making of Treasure Hunt was produced. A Welsh-language pilot, Helfa Drysor , was produced for S4C. Anneka Rice on the Dermot-era remake: "I only saw a tiny bit of one of them, because it was on at a really random time on BBC - which was confusing. I don't know... it didn't feel messy enough. It looked a bit edited and it had screens within a screen and things going on. I think when they brought it back it should have been as it used to be - wobbly cameras and not any clever editing techniques or presentation techniques. You don't want split-screen. You so don't want that. I think if you bring something back, you've got to be loyal to how it was, otherwise don't bother." Merchandise A Treasure Hunt book was published. A board game was also produced. There was also a computer game for the ZX Spectrum. Web links Murder Mystery Treasure Trail Cardiff « Sasieology Murder Mystery Treasure Trail Cardiff Posted by Sas on September 28, 2015 My friends complain that I’m really difficult to buy gifts for, but they always get me great things.

A couple of years ago, my friend Catherine bought me a murder mystery themed Treasure Trail for Cardiff. In all honesty, I filed it away somewhere vowing to get it out and actually do it one day. As the weather was so beautiful in Cardiff this weekend, and believe me that is not something we have said often this year, I decided to go on that treasure hunt that I had been promising myself. Treasure Trails have designed hundreds of these handy little packs for locations all over the UK. As you follow the clues to solve the puzzle you are taken on a cultural tour that pushes you to find details you wouldn’t normally notice. It’s great fun if you have kids, although admittedly I followed the trail all on my and it was just as entertaining. The Cardiff murder mystery trail begins at the National Museum of Wales. A mummified body has been discovered in the Ancient Egyptian exhibition, and it’s been deceased for less than 2 months. My quest was to find out who carried out this crime and how the victim died. The first clue was on the foundation plaque outside the museum, and involved some maths which left me in a bit of a panic.

You are allowed to request 3 answers to clues via SMS, and I had an embarrassing vision of me using all three of them on the first 3 questions. After double checking my numbers, though, I was able to figure it out and I was off. Clue 4 is where I came unstuck. After walking in circles around Bute Park for 30 minutes, I remembered that it had recently had a renovation, since my trail was published in fact. Maybe I shouldn’t have waited so long to solve this murder mystery. Over two hours, the trail took me on a gentle walk around the park, castle, the Millennium Stadium and city centre. After living in Cardiff for 8 years, I’m ashamed to admit just how much I haven’t noticed before. I have walked through The Hayes hundreds of times and yet never known that some of the traffic bollards I am rushing past have spy holes with beautiful silhouetted scenes inside them. Unfortunately, I’m not the best at following directions and I did get lost/confused a few times. Maybe I should have brought a child along to help me. There was also an amusing moment when I was looking for a clue outside the Hilton hotel.

At the same time, there was a crowd of rugby fans waiting for the All Blacks to leave the building. Stood there with my camera and notebook I must have looked like a serious autograph hunter. They all looked a little shocked when, once I’d found my clue, I moved on before the players had even appeared. The murder mystery trail is a great, cheap way to spend a couple of hours. I’m definitely going to check out some of the other trails when I’m visiting other UK cities. When I was a kid, there was a popular British TV show called Treasure Hunt. Anneka Rice would fly around the UK in her helicopter, wearing a lycra jumpsuit, and help players to solve clues. I used to love following along at home, and dreamed of one day being on such an adventure. The lycra jumpsuit probably wouldn’t have been appropriate on this occasion and the helicopter would have been a little extravagant, but I got to experience a real life treasure hunt. My biggest piece of advice would be, unlike I did, to use an up-to-date trail. I resorted to the magic of google to fill in a few gaps, but I did make it to the end. And did I solve the mystery?

Well, I can’t give that away can I? You’ll have to come to Cardiff and try for yourself. Share this: Treasure Hunt (UK game show) - The Full Wiki The Full Wiki More info on Treasure Hunt (UK game show) Wikis Treasure Hunt (UK game show): Wikis Advertisements Note: Many of our articles have direct quotes from sources you can cite, within the Wikipedia article! This article doesn't yet, but we're working on it! See more info or our list of citable articles . Related top topics Encyclopedia From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia This article is about the UK television game show. For the popular game of solving clues to find buried treasures or collect items, see Treasure hunt . For the US game show hosted by Geoff Edwards , see Treasure Hunt (US game show) . Treasure Hunt Title logo from Series 4 (1986).

Format 28 December 1982 (1982-12-28) – 2 August 2003 (2003-08-02) Chronology Interceptor Treasure Hunt was a popular UK game show , based on the format of the French show La Chasse au Trésor, created by Jacques Antoine . It appeared on Channel 4 between 28 December 1982 and 18 May 1989 and was revived by BBC Two between 16 December 2002 and 2 August 2003. Contents 7 External links The game A team of two contestants, always in the studio, had to use a library of (deliberately relevant) maps and reference materials to solve up to five clues, and communicate instructions via a radio link to a skyrunner who had the use of a helicopter . The contestants were given the first clue for free, the solving of which would lead to the location of the second clue and so on until a trinket or other significant object was found by solving the final clue. The contestants won a higher cash prize each time they solved a clue correctly. This was all done "against the clock".

Even once the contestants had solved the final clue, the skyrunner still had to confirm they were correct, by reaching the final target. On a few occasions, the contestants solved all five clues with time to spare, in which case a bonus clue was given to the contestants. This typically resulted in their winning a bottle of champagne. One such occasion was the North Yorkshire episode (4.10), in which the bonus clue instructed them to go to "Great British Hospital X-ray Unit". This was actually code for "return to the helicopter, registration G-BHXU", but Anneka alarmed the passers-by outside Skipton Castle by frantically asking "which way to the hospital?" Understandably, the skyrunner and helicopter did not have freedom to fly and land anywhere they wished. Although the pilot could to an extent request permission from airspace authorities to fly off-course, as happened on occasions, landings needed to be agreed in advance with landowners of a suitable location near the clue. On occasions the helicopter would land in a clearly marked out area, especially at public places.

It is open to interpretation how much detail of the route was known in advance by either of the studio presenters or even the skyrunner herself, and hence to what extent the contestants were helped to correctly direct the skyrunner to the approximate location. Kenneth Kendall has always stressed that he did not know the clues and locations in advance, and any help that he gave the contestants was from his own knowledge. According to a "making of Treasure Hunt" programme, Anneka Rice was confined to the hotel on the day that the cameraman, video recordist and helicopter pilot undertook a rehearsal (typically the day before the programme was recorded), so she had no advance knowledge of the locations. This did not stop her carrying out research about the general area in order to have a stock of interesting facts to fill in any awkward silences that might arise while the contestants were thinking. Presenters and crew In the original version, the presenter was former BBC newsreader Kenneth Kendall and the skyrunner was broadcaster Anneka Rice . In the first series, Kenneth was joined briefly in the studio for the handover of the first clue by the original clue-setter, Ann Meo.

[1] She would later rejoin the contestants if they had been successful in finding the treasure to offer her congratulations. If they had been unsuccessful, she would be heard as a voiceover explaining where they had gone wrong. From the second series onwards this role was expanded, another studio-based person acted as adjudicator, giving the contestants tips on how they were doing against the scheduled time, and providing additional information about the locations visited. In series 2 this was Annette Lynton ("Nettie") and from series 3 onwards, TV-am weather girl Wincey Willis . In 1988, Rice left to have a baby, and her place was taken by tennis player Annabel Croft . Croft was billed as 'Special guest Skyrunner' for the series. In this series, the set was revamped due to a move to Thames Television's facilities (the original studios were at Limehouse in East London which was by this point earmarked for demolition to make way for Canary Wharf ), and Willis was promoted to sharing main billing with Kendall. It was stated at the time that Rice would return after giving birth (supported by Croft's 'Special guest Skyrunner' billing), but it turned out to be the show's final series.

In the BBC 's 2002–03 version, newsreader Dermot Murnaghan presented, the skyrunner was Suzi Perry , and there was no adjudicator. Advances in broadcasting technology meant that this new version could come from a much greater range of locations; however, the new version was quite short-lived. It is thought that the BBC felt the moderate ratings (not helped by a complete lack of promotion for the series) did not justify the budget required for the show. Keith Thompson of Castle Air Charters was the usual helicopter pilot in both versions, though for overseas editions a local pilot was often used. There was always a "chase" helicopter which relayed radio signals back to London and, although this could never be used "tactically" by the contestants, it was not hidden from the viewers. The two crews would sometimes fly in formation to generate exciting footage. Both helicopters were usually Bell 206 JetRangers. A feature was made of the camaraderie between the female presenter and the male recording and flight crews.

This extended to many infamous shots of the presenter's rear as she ran from clue to clue in a jump-suit, which became the main focus of the programme's portrayal in the satirical TV series, Spitting Image . Cameraman Graham reaching in front of the camera to wipe away rain, sea spray, etc. with a cloth also became a well-known image from the series. Broadcasts When first shown on Channel 4 in December 1982, Treasure Hunt was one of the earliest major series on the then-new channel. The unusual format earned extra publicity for both the programme and the channel, which was striving to justify itself with new and different programming. [2] The 1982–89 series were later repeated on terrestrial television and the Challenge satellite and cable channel. The first episode was repeated on 30 October 2007 on the digital channel More4 as part of Channel 4's 25th anniversary celebrations. This was an one-off and there are no current plans to repeat the TV show.

The original run of the first series was watched by up to 900,000 viewers; however, by the mid-1980s, ratings were some of the highest for Channel 4 at around seven million. Two charity editions of the show were produced, one locally in the London area for the Thames Television telethon in 1985 and another broadcast across the UK as part of the ITV network's Telethon '88. The show was also featured in an edition of the BBC children's aspiration show Jim'll Fix It (in which a viewer joined Anneka Rice in the famous Treasure Hunt helicopter over the county of Surrey), in the Paul Daniels Magic Show (BBC) and in The Krypton Factor (Granada for ITV). For all the UK series, the programme was a Chatsworth Television independent production in association with Tele Union Paris. Spin-offs An eponymous board game based on the show was published in the UK. It involved moving pieces around a map of England and Wales. A one-off Welsh language version, Helfa Drysor (Welsh for "Treasure Hunt"), was produced for S4C in 1985.

[3] In 1989, Rice began her own BBC series, Challenge Anneka , in which she was set a different task to complete each week. Although essentially unrelated to the original concept of Treasure Hunt, there were some similarities between the shows, primarily the principles of Rice being up against a time limit and having a real chance of success or failure to complete a task with the aid of others. BBC Three Counties Radio airs Treasure Quest each Sunday from 9 am to 12 noon. Andy Gelder in the studio and varying assistants in the radio car help two contestants to solve six clues over the three-hour period. BBC Radio Norfolk began their own version of Treasure Quest in 2008, on Sunday mornings from 9 am to 12 noon, with David Clayton presenting and Becky Betts in the radio car. On September 6, 2009, Wincey Willis stood in for Betts. [4] On London talk station LBC , presenter James O'Brien hosts The Treasure Hunt on Wednesday lunchtimes as part of his weekday show. In this format, callers ring in and request things they have been trying to get hold of, hoping that other listeners have the required items.

Although otherwise unrelated to the original concept. the programme opens with the Treasure Hunt television series theme tune, and in August 2007, Anneka Rice recorded a voice-over lead-in for it. Transmissions Kenneth Kendall, former broadcaster, dies - BBC News BBC News Kenneth Kendall, former broadcaster, dies 14 December 2012 Media captionA look at the life and career of Kenneth Kendall Former BBC newsreader Kenneth Kendall has died at the age of 88. The one-time presenter of the popular UK game show Treasure Hunt suffered a stroke a few weeks ago and died peacefully, his agent confirmed. He joined the BBC as a radio announcer, later moving to TV where he became the first newsreader to appear in vision. He also featured in the Doctor Who serial The War Machines and had a cameo role as a newsreader in 2001: A Space Odyssey. The first newsreader to appear in vision on BBC television in 1955, Kendall also worked occasionally for ITN in the 1960s. He was voted the most popular newscaster by Daily Mirror readers in 1979.

Recognised for his elegant sense of style, he received an award for best-dressed newsreader by Style International. Wincey Willis, a former weather presenter and current BBC radio presenter, paid tribute to Kendall on Twitter. She said: "[He] was a lovely man, very kind to me when I started Treasure Hunt. We were good friends. He was very funny and we both loved dogs RIP." Born in India, Kendall became the face of the BBC Nine O'Clock News by 1975. Media captionAnneka Rice: 'Kenneth Kendall was an extraordinary person' He left the corporation in 1981, later joining Channel 4's Treasure Hunt, a gameshow which saw him direct Anneka Rice around the country in a helicopter to search for clues. Speaking to the BBC, Rice said Kendall was a "truly great broadcaster". "It was extraordinary when Kenneth joined Treasure Hunt because he was this very respected urbane newsreader, very serious, and I think it was genius casting. It allowed him to show a completely different side to his personality.

"He's going to be remembered for [playing] an important part of television history," she added, "starting in radio and television, the first in vision newsreader and finishing up on a reality TV show, probably the first of its kind. Again another iconic television moment. "I'm very pleased he's got that recognition because he was an extraordinary person, very clever." Rice met up with Kendall in more recent years as they lived in the same town, Cowes, on the Isle of Wight and shared a love of art. "My one sadness is that we did talk, jokingly - obviously - that we would get together for one final Treasure Hunt, and sadly he's missed that moment," Added Rice. Kendall returned to the BBC in 2010 to appear in a show called The Young Ones which featured six celebrities examining the problems of ageing. He retired to Cowes on the Isle of Wight where he ran an art gallery with his longtime partner Mark Fear. Acting BBC director-general Tim Davie said: "As the first British newsreader ever to appear on our TV screens in 1955, the passing of Kenneth Kendall is a sad moment in broadcasting history.

"Kenneth will be remembered for his long and successful career in both radio and later TV and, of course, for his much remarked- upon elegant sense of style. "As one of the broadcasting greats, he will be hugely missed by colleagues across the BBC." Come On Down! The Game Show Story Episode 1 Published: Tue 29 Jul 2014 The information contained herein is embargoed from press use, commercial and non-commercial reproduction and sharing - in the public domain - until Tuesday 5 August 2014. Come On Down! The Game Show Story Bruce Forsyth reveals he asked Bob Monkhouse if he could host Family Fortunes: “The show I really liked and I wanted was ‘Family Fortunes’. That was the one I wanted.” Presented by Bradley Walsh, this four-part series tells the definitive history of the TV game show. Featuring classic archive footage and interviews with some of the biggest names in entertainment, this series charts the key moments in game show history and tells the story behind some of our best-loved game and quiz shows. A self-confessed game show fanatic, Bradley shares his favourite game show moments and goes on a journey to discover just how this television genre has kept Britain hooked for more than sixty years.

Bradley immerses himself in game show nostalgia - from meeting TV legend Sir Bruce Forsyth, playing The Golden Shot with Anne Aston and Bernie the Bolt, and being quizzed under the Mastermind spotlight by host John Humphrys, to sending Anneka Rice back up in that Treasure Hunt helicopter (in that famous jumpsuit!). The series also features interviews with game show stars such as Ant and Dec, Sir Terry Wogan, Carol Vorderman, Richard Osman, Phillip Schofield, Vernon Kay, Les Dennis, Jim Bowen, Stephen Mulhern, Ben Shephard and Bamber Gascoigne. In the first episode, Bradley meets Bruce Forsyth, who says: “What I love about game shows - or any show- is if things go wrong. I love things to go wrong. Then I have to put them right, and that’s what ‘The Generation Game’ was all about.” Bruce also reveals: “The other show I really liked and I wanted was ‘Family Fortunes’.

That was the one I wanted.” Bob Monkhouse had already bought the rights to the show, so Bruce asked if Bob would be prepared to make a swap, “They said no, Bob’s got to do Family Fortunes, there’s no way he’ll do anything else.” Self-confessed Bruce Forsyth fan, Vernon Kay, says: “If you watch Bruce closely, and trust me I have, because he manhandles my wife on a regular basis, but what he’s good at is - he’s his own floor manager, so he bosses the stage, and when he’s with a contestant he’ll literally grab their arm and drag them to where they’re supposed to stand.” Ant & Dec reminisce about one of their favourite game shows from their childhood, ‘321’, saying: “I always remember when I was a kid, I would think, ‘If I go on ‘321’, I’d like to win Dusty Bin.’ I couldn’t understand why they were so disappointed!

And then I realised, they didn’t win the actual Dusty Bin when it came on and wobbled around, they just won a bin.” "Treasure Hunt" Reviews & Ratings - IMDb IMDb trailers and videos full cast and crew trivia official sites memorable quotes Overview 6 out of 6 people found the following review useful: A British gameshow classic from UK 28 June 2003 Treasure Hunt was a classic gameshow series which ran from 1983-1989. Originally it featured bubbly blonde Anneka "Annie" Rice as the skyrunner. Annie would be flown around all over the British Isles in her helicopter (while wearing now-very naff looking jumpsuits) searching for little pink clues which would help point to where the treasure was hidden. Kenneth Kendall was the show's host, who would present each episode from Channel 4's London based studio. Working with him in the beginning was Annette Lynton, the Adjudicator. After the 1984 season Annette was replaced with the much more lively and fun Wincey Willis, who filled the Ajudicator position for the rest of the series.

The basic plot of the show was this: 2 constestants would remain in the studio with Kenneth and solve the cryptic clues. They had to guide the skyrunner around but could only talk to her, not see her or where she was. In 1989 Anneka left Treasure Hunt (I believe the reason for this was because she became pregnant) and was replaced by tennis player/Wimbledon commentator Annabel Croft. However without Annie the show failed miserably and was cancelled after Annabel's first and only season as the sky runner. Treasure Hunt was a great show that I have only fond memories off, even during the Annabel Croft season (I thought Annabel did fine, people were really unfair to her and she had some really hard shoes to fill too). The best episodes were the ones that were shot abroad like the one in Florida. There was always wonderful banter exchanged between Kenneth and the skyrunner (the banter was better when Annie was on, no doubt about that) and it was just great fun. I was only a child when Treasure Hunt was on, but I remember being insanely jealous of Anneka Rice and wanting to be her. :p Was the above review useful to you?

4 out of 4 people found the following review useful: Anneka and her big Chopper from Coventry, England 6 August 2006 Treasure Hunt was at one time Channel 4's most watched show with whole families gathering around their TV sets every Thursday night at 8pm. The format was both unique and brilliant with TV Totty Anneka Rice dispatched to some far flung region of the British Isles, over which 5 confusing (and I really do mean confusing) clues were scattered each one giving cryptic directions to the other, With Anneka and team travelling to the various locations over the BEAUTIFUL English countryside via helicopter. The big anti-climax came in the form of the 'treasure' which more often than not was actually a useless piece of crap like a small toy or a hat or something as equally mundane. In the studio two very anal contestants who could only hear Anneka, tried to de-cypher these clues with the aid of the many books in the studio library helped along by the humour free Kenneth Kendall and the bubbly mulleted weather girl Wincey Willis who plotted the course and adjudicated.

Cameraman Grahame was so obsessed with Anneka's rear end that fathers all over the land tuned in for that alone. Anneka would regularly give commentary back to the studio as to what she was seeing and doing, though all in the studio were usually too busy to care. Funny moments always came when Anneka would reach the location of one of the clues, yet the clue holder would always be doing something else like jousting or boxing and Anneka who clearly couldn't give a toss, would have to wait until they had performed their show for her even though the clock was ticking. Some of the clues were actually located in major built up areas which meant that the helicopter would have to land about two miles away leaving Anneka and her crew to either run the rest of the way or flag down poor un-suspecting motorists to bum a lift and a boom mike sticking out of a Montego is a pretty funny sight. 99% of the time the clock ran out before the treasure was reached thus denying our contestants the £1000 prize pot. After Anneka joined the 'pudding club' she left the show to be replaced by much better looking ex tennis star Annabel Croft.

Though with Anneka and her magic arse gone, the writing was already on the wall and the show ended after one season. BBC2 recently tried to revive the show in a 'tea-time not quite home from work' slot in direct competition with Her Majesties favourite show Countdown but the audience just wasn't there. I not only loved the show but I loved the theme music as well, but I dreaded the ending as it meant that it was 9pm and with school the next day that meant enforced bed time by my parents. Nevertheless, Treasure Hunt remains a fondly remembered part of my youth. STOP THE CLOCK!!!! from UK 7 October 2006 Like all series, there were some better than others but overall, my wife and I both liked watching this show. It really did receive a lot of adverse publicity. It was as though the public were determined to get it off the air by any means possible but despite this Anneka Rice's personality was great and it lasted from 1983-1988 (with Anneka). They do say one man's meat is another man's poison and it certainly was true of Channel Four's Treasure Hunt.

My favourite has got to be the one about West Yorkshire since it started in my home town of Todmorden at Stoodley Pike (pronounced Studley), a well known landmark on the hillside that can be seen from most parts of the town, which is quite a feat since the town is surrounded by the millstone grit of the Pennines. Another one that stands out was the one in Israel which I still have on video. I do wish they would include this series on DVD with the rash of other programmes now coming out on DVD. Was the above review useful to you? 1 out of 3 people found the following review useful: Behind the scenes info from New Zealand 29 January 2008 I was serving on HMS BOXER when Anneka had to get the clue from our Captain (series five episode 4 aired on 5 Mar 1987). We had run through the practice the day before with the producer acting as Anneka as they worked through the routine. On the day Keith couldn't land on the flight deck of HMS Boxer (we conveniently had a 'keep-fit' class taking place) so had to land on the deck of (again conveniently placed) HMS Nottingham.

Anneka, Graham & Frank jump out of the helicopter and run up the side of Nottingham to the foc's'le where (conveniently !!) a 'light jackstay' was rigged up - Anneka was quickly fitted with a harness, hooked onto the 'traveller' and then hoisted up into the air and pulled across to the bows of HMS Boxer. To get to the bridge and meet the Captain, Anneka had to climb a vertical ladder. "Ooh - someone has got their hand on my bottom", said Anneka, as she was given a 'helping hand' up the ladder by the Chief Bosuns Mate. What she was unaware of though was that he had a strategically placed 'zap-sticker' (the ships crest) in his hand and it stuck nicely to her jump-suit). I get seen briefly on the TV footage, taking a photo from the door to the bridge as Anneka approaches to get the clue from the Captain. STOP THE CLOCK yelled Wincey... During the 'commercial break' there was a half hour pause while the two ships 'Broke-away', our flight deck was cleared and Keith transferred Frank and Graham across to HMS Boxer.

When the clock was started again Anneka read out the clue & returned to the helicopter. As she did Graham did a fantastic zoom shot of the ships crest zap sticker on Anneka's backside. That evening we were anchored in the Solent for a period watching a spectacular lightning storm further along the coast as stores were transferred to us from Portsmouth. Later that night we sailed off to Portugal & Madeira. Was the above review useful to you? Retro Finds - The best of the 70s and 80s 70's and 80's: retrofinds - Treasure Hunt Channel 4 Great Theme tune. retrofinds - Treasure Hunt Channel 4 Great Theme tune. Proof that TV theme tunes back in the 80's were the best. TREASURE HUNT Tags: treasure hunt , retro , retrofinds , channel 4 , soundtrack , theme tune When first shown on Channel 4 in December 1982, Treasure Hunt was one of the earliest major series on the then-new channel. The unusual format earned extra publicity for both the programme and the channel, which was striving to justify itself with new and different programming.

The 1982–89 series were later repeated on terrestrial television and the Challenge satellite and cable channel. The first episode was repeated on 30 October 2007 on the digital channel More4 as part of Channel 4's 25th anniversary celebrations. This was an one-off and there are no current plans to repeat the TV show. The original run of the first series was watched by up to 900,000 viewers; however, by the mid-1980s, ratings were some of the highest for Channel 4 at around seven million. Two charity editions of the show were produced, one locally in the London area for the Thames Television telethon in 1985 and another broadcast across the UK as part of the ITV network's Telethon '88. The show was also featured in an edition of the BBC children's aspiration show Jim'll Fix It (in which a viewer joined Anneka Rice in the famous Treasure Hunt helicopter over the county of Surrey), in the Paul Daniels Magic Show (BBC) and in The Krypton Factor (Granada for ITV).

Anneka Rice went on to do CHALLENGE ANNEKA Posted by Rob Wainfur at 07:32

Question: In which TV show did Anneka Rice fly around in a helicopter
Answer: Treasure Hunt